Aeroplane Dance

Alternative title: Ka-Wayawayama
Synopsis: Records the ‘ky-wayawayama’ or ‘aeroplane dance’ of the Yanyuwa people of the Borroloola area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The dance was came about after an American bomber crashed in the area in December 1942 in a mission in the south-west Pacific and it re-creates the plight of the flight crew in their trek across the inhospitable terrain of the Gulf of Carpentaria and the search for the lost crew. The dance brings together the Americans’ and Yanyuwa tales of war, survival, storytelling and the creation of legends.
Language: English
Country: Australia
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: Sale (RAI); 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Anthropology; Dance
Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; Australia; story telling; World War II

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